Fixing Zenith CCII Avante 25JC49

[drwatson32]

Good evening! I ended up checking all of the diodes and replaced all of the carbon comp resistors. Upon reassembly, I found that some of the adjustments for red and green magnets were no longer working. I removed all 3 magnets and found that the red and the green each had an open coil. The connections looked to be corroded. I was able to fix both sorry looking ends of the bad red coil. Sadly the green magnet is now FUBAR. (I actually managed to solder if but broke it when snipping off excess wire. bummer)

Does anyone happen to have any of these from a neck board kicking around? Numbers on the magnet are S-94731 273S7722

[vol.2]

Originally Posted by drwatson32

Sadly the green magnet is now FUBAR. (I actually managed to solder if but broke it when snipping off excess wire. bummer)

I have seen people just replace the ends of the wire with new wire. As long as you don't alter the number of turns a great deal, they should still work within adjustment range.

I do know what FUBAR means, but perhaps you can peel the onion back a little more than you thought you could, and try to solder a new wire onto the ends.

[drwatson32]

Originally Posted by vol.2

I have seen people just replace the ends of the wire with new wire. As long as you don't alter the number of turns a great deal, they should still work within adjustment range.

I do know what FUBAR means, but perhaps you can peel the onion back a little more than you thought you could, and try to solder a new wire onto the ends.

Aye, that's where we ended up once I carefully unraveled it a bit, trying in vain to find the new end. It became a mess, unfortunately.

I am looking forward to trying adjustments again once I find a donor- I've only had particularly good luck with moving blue around, and now that makes a bit more sense.